Temple REIT buys 50 per cent stake in Holiday Inn South for $5.5M

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Temple Real Estate Investment Trust has acquired a 50-per-cent stake in Winnipeg’s Holiday Inn South hotel, with plans to buy other half in 2013.

The Winnipeg-based trust said today it acquired the 50-per-cent ownership stake from unrelated third parties for $5.5 million.

The other 50 per cent interest in the hotel is owned by Lake Louise Limited Partnership (LLLP), 23 per cent of which is owned by a numbered Manitoba company owned by the wife of Temple REIT CEO Arni Thorsteinson.

Thorsteinson is also the president of the numbered company — 2668921 Manitoba Ltd. and 2668921 is the parent company of Shelter Canadian Properties Ltd., which manages Temple REIT’s assets.

It said Thorsteinson, who is a trustee of Temple, abstained from voting on the resolution approving the transaction.

Temple said it expects to acquire LLLP’s half interest in the hotel in 2013, subject to regulatory approvals.

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